From the 30-ton calculating machines of the 1940s to Apple's portable laptops of today, see how computers have changed throughout the years. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

He promptly arranged for Columbia to purchase of one of these astonishing machines for his office. By 1900, calculating machines were not unusual wonders. Entire companies in Europe and the United ...

Léon Bollée, “Calculating-Machine,” U.S. Patent 556720, March 17, 1896. This patent lists Bollée’s French, Belgian and British patent numbers in addition to describing the machine. Leon Bollée, ...

The machines are of course expensive, if needed only for occasional work, but the matter is really one for co-operation. Nature - Calculating Machines and Scientific Investigation Skip to main content ...

A Brief History: Hahn aspired to design a machine that would help him calculate the parameters of the clocks and planetariums he enjoyed making, according to the History of Computers website. He based ...

Large scale calculating machines may make it feasible for the government to set production goals for major industries, Frederick V. Waugh of President Truman's Council of Economic Advisers told a ...

SCIENTIFIC computing has been materially aided of late years by the development of calculating machines, a development in which scientific workers themselves have had a say. We may instance the ...